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I would find this believable if it was being marketed to developing countries that haven't had the luxury of experiencing retro gaming before. I am aware of companies doing this already, and it makes good sense.
Edited by shion on 30. January 2012 07:48

It would appear that this is actually real. It is designed by SNKP, but the manufacturing is being outsourced. I beleive it's the same company that makes the SupaBoy portable SNES clone.

The device is planned for a late March/early April release. Tommo has the U.S.A distribution rights, Blazepro is handling the Asian release and in Europe it's BigBen Interactive.

The US release isn't set in stone though, and I would imagine this is the case for Europe too. Hopefully it'll show up on Amazon UK for pre-order within a month so BBI can gauge interest. I'll be putting an order in with Play-Asia just in case, but I'd rather support a localised release.
Edited by -SD- on 16. February 2012 03:22

More impressively, they think they're going to charge £500 for it and actually sell them There does seem to be some confusion over where this ridiculous price came from, but I'm sure it'll be closer to the £100 mark. Considering Blaze's upcoming GameGadget looks like a very similar sort of system and that'll be £99.99 upon release.

I'll wait until we know for sure how and if more games will be distributed before I say I'm definitely on board with this. If this ends up being just another way to play games from the first few years of the NG's existence then I'll pass because there's already like a million ways to play those games. But if I can get Garou on it easily for a good price? Hell yes. Imagine how much cooler you'll feel playing a portable NeoGeo next to people playing their Vitas and 3DSs.

If the machine is somehow locked to the pre-installed ROMs, I give it 48 hours after release until someone hacks it and has the entire MVS ROM set running on it.

Give it another couple of days/weeks and you'll hopefully see CPS 1 & 2, Megadrive, SNES, etc. all running perfectly on it.

I've been examining the pictures a little closer, and I really don't think we're getting a Pocket style stick. I reckon it's going to be a digital analogue style stick like one of the GP2X revisions, or more likely an analogue, er, analogue stick like what's on the Caanoo. In fact I reckon this is going to end up turning out to be a repackaged Caanoo. Gamepark Holding are no longer making hardware, so it makes sense for someone to license the technology rather than create nearly the exact same thing from scratch.

If I'm right about the hardware, then the next round of 'Teh Drama' will be if someone discovers it's running GnGeo....
Edited by -SD- on 17. March 2012 10:18

As you probably already know the Neo Geo Portable (or Neo Geo X) will be released in the next few months.

What do you think about this handheld ?

- Design : Pictures : http://www.engadg...-portable/ (it looks like an Iphone or a Dingoo A320)
- 3.5-inch LCD display
- Manufacturer choice (a company named Blaze) look at their existing products : http://www.blazee...
- SD port : No information at all regarding this feature.. Rumors said that there will be an online store to download games on your Neo Geo X even if nothing mention that the Neo Geo X will support wireless connection
- AV output !
- Games (20 games will be included with the Neo Geo X)1. ART OF FIGHTING
2. BASEBALL STARS
3. CYBER LIP
4. FATAL FURY
5. FATAL FURY SPECIAL
6. FOOTBALL FRENZY
7. KING OF THE MONSTERS
8. LAST RESORT
9. LEAGUE BOWLING
10. MAGICIAN LORD
11. METAL SLUG
12. MUTATION NATION
13. NAM 1975
14. SAMURAI SHODOWN
15. SENGOKU
16. SUPER SIDEKICKS
17. THE KING OF FIGHTERS’94
18. THE ULTIMATE 11
19. TOP PLAYERS GOLF
20. WORLD HEROES

It is intended to be a "limited edition" release and according to several websites the price tag will be around 500£ !

I had the Dingo A320, the MVS/AES emulation was decent for the majority of the games (slowdown on Metal Slug 2/3 perhaps 4 and 5 too).

Nintendo DS/3DS : I only played MS 7 on the DS and I didn't found it well done not because of the game but because of the Nintendo DS itself which I found to have a too small screen for this kind of games. I didn't played emulators on the DS either.

The Sony PSP had the Metal Slug Anthology, Metal Slug XX releases and SNK Arcade Classic volume 1. On one hand Metal Slug XX was really well done to my opinion but MS Anthology suffered from several loading times and SNK Arcade Classics had the same problem. Overall PSP is a real portable solution for SNK games playing (if you are using a CFW and PSP AES/MVS emulators).

I'm both interested and curious regarding this handheld, for sure I will be nothing like a Neo Geo Pocket and it will not be either like a real AES or MVS system but having a real platform to play Neo Geo Games on the go makes me very enthousiastic !

But I also have to say that I had tested "cheap" handheld like the Dingoo A320, I'm a little bit scared of the Neo Geo X especially after seeing products manufactured by Blaze (http://www.blazeeurope.com)

Do you think that existing handhelds like PSP, Nintendo DS/3DS and other open source handhelds like the Dingoo A320, Caanoo or OpenPandora already offer a great alternative for SNK AES/MVS game playing on the go ? Or do you think that the Neo Geo X could be the ultimate handlheld to play SNK games ?

Remember in January how everyone got a little excited about the official return of the Neo Geo brand, via a new handheld system called the NEOGEO X GOLD? Yeah, well, it might be time to get a little less excited.

Because the thing costs $200.

That's right. For a small handheld that plays a bunch of games that are 15-20 years old, you'll be paying almost as much as you would a modern system from the likes of Sony or Nintendo.

I mean, sure, it comes with a bunch of pre-installed games (see below), a rather fetching replica arcade joystick and a docking station (that doubles as a video out station), but still, $200? They're crazy.

Confirming specs first listed earlier this year, the NEOGEO X GOLD handheld itself will boast a 4.3" LCD screen, a headphone jack and an "expandable game card slot".

It says 4.3“ when it was confirmed it will be less so thqt might be unofficial source until the company that is making it says officially how much it will cost i don't believe thicause if you remember the first thing that they said it was 500$ where do they. come up with these stuff seriously

I'm actually looking forward to this one and hopefully more games will be released for it. Although I suspect it wont take long before it's hacked. If it's released at 200USD I think that is an acceptable price.

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